Heart of darkness : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism by Joseph Conrad(
Book
)63
editions published
between
1963
and
2007
in
English
and held by
2,926 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Marlow tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. He
tells of the ivory traders' cruel exploitation of the natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European
named Kurtz, who has used savagery to obtain semi-divine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back down
the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions, asserting that he has seen into the very heart of things. --publisher

The turn of the screw. An authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, essays in criticism by Henry James(
Book
)25
editions published
between
1898
and
1988
in
English and French
and held by
1,513 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant
liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in literature
have been able to do -- a complete feeling of dread and uncertainty

Sir Philip Sidney by Robert Kimbrough(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1971
and
1999
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
857 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Sir Philip Sidney

Youth ; Heart of darkness ; The end of the tether by Joseph Conrad(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1984
and
1988
in
English
and held by
155 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Serialized in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine during the period 1398-1902, 'Youth', leant of Darkness' and 'The h.I of the
Tether' make up the contents of Conrad's most celebrated collection of short narratives, first published in a single volume
in 1902. 'Heart of Darkness' forms its sombre centrepiece: set in the Congo of the 1890s, this haunting and widely influential
Modernist masterpiece explores the limits of human experience as well as the nightmarish realities and consequences of imperialism."
"The 'Introduction' situates the stories within the context of Conrad's relationship with the Blackwood publishing firm, traces
their sources, lays out the evolution of the volume and surveys its subsequent reception. The 'Explanatory Notes' elucidate
literary, historical and geographical references, and supply other contextual materials, A glossary of nautical terms further
enriches the explanatory matter, as do maps and illustrations. 'Ube essay on the texts in combination with the comprehensive
apparatus lays out the history of each story's composition, revision and publication, detailing interventions in the text
by Conrad's typists, compositors and editors." "Based upon a painstaking comparison of preprint documents, serials and subsequent
hook versions printed during Conrad's lifetime, the Cambridge Edition presents this trio of stories and their preface in forms
more authoritative than any so far published. Errors introduced by typists and early publishers have been repaired and Conrad's
own preferred forms recovered; the texts are freed from successive layers of non-authorial intervention; and the impress of
magazine house-styles has been bypassed or significantly ameliorated in order to recover the writer's sparer, more expressive
punctuation." "Owen Knowles, Research Fellow at the University of Hull."--Jacket

The turn of the screw: An authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, essays in criticism by Henry James(
)3
editions published
in
2016
in
English
and held by
6 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
One of the most daunting ghost stories to ever be written, Henry James' Turn of the Screw follows the transformation of Miles
(age 10) and Flora (age 8) from well behaved children to deceitful liars. When a governess comes to their country estate to
look after the children, she and Flora are separately visited by ghost; however Flora denies the experience and Miles claims
to never have been visited by one, even when evidence supports an evil plot between the children and the ghosts. Devoid of
common ghost story stereotypes, this timeless story is full of suspense, supernatural phenomenon, and thrills to frighten
and delight any listener

The turn of the screw : authoritative text, contexts, criticism by Henry James(
Book
)1
edition published
in
1999
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Presents the nineteenth-century short story in which a governess believes her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old
Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants, and includes notes, a history of the novel, selections from James'
letters and other writings, and critical essays

Heart of darkness and other tales by Joseph Conrad(
Book
)1
edition published
in
1987
in
English
and held by
1 WorldCat member
library
worldwide
Set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, "Heat of Darkness" tells the story of Marlow's journey up the Congo River to meet
the remarkable Mr. Kurtz. It reveals Conrad at the height of his powers as a writer of great vividness, intensity, and sophistication.
"An Outpost of Progress" is also set in central Africa and offers a fiercely sardonic view of European imperialism. "Karain",
with its Malaysian setting, questions conventional ideas of the contrasts between races. "Youth" is a largely autobiographical
account of an inn-fated voyage in which Marlow makes his first appearance